went back from the shoot, i still remember the road and the visual, i was in taipei, and i was there,un, like zero, and i was thinking just forget-- forget your homework, forget everything. go there tomorrow. and i didn't have too many days, n five, six days it's over. the director ang lee is trusting you without any audition. he's just given you a responsibility of introducing the firm, you know, present, the film to the audience, and then concluding it. and now it's up to you right up to the moment. it will i be able to rise up to the occasion? >> rose: you obviously thought that didn't you? that he'd be all to rise up to the occasion. >> i didn't have enough time. everything every day from the moment i landed in taiwan, every day was very-- it was like the moment-- the only thing i could do if i was not working was sleep. and that's the only thing i wanted to do. because, you know, i had to learn so many things. i knew nothing. i was-- i was nothing. and i had to learn all these different things-- i had to become pi, and i had to become pi really quickly. at that point i walk think o